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Ministry of Defence, DSG, Defence Support Group (DSG)

Supply of Spares for HMG, GPMG and 81mm Mortar and Accessories

Security & DefenceCPV 35321300
Value£13.0m
Awarded9 Nov 2020
Published19 Nov 2020
RegionSouth East
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£13.0mtotal contract value
median £210k
this tender£0£17.6m

This is a large award for Security, Defence & Safety Equipment — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 4,182 valued Security, Defence & Safety Equipment tenders in our corpus.

The brief

Machine guns.

Spares for Heavy Machine guns, General Purpose machine guns and Mortar 81mm.

Babcock Land Defence Limited, which is acting as the agent for the for the UK Ministry of Defence known as the Authority, is considering a framework agreement to provide for the Supply of General Purpose machine gun and 81mm Mortar spares .

The duration shall be 5 years with 2 x 1 year Options.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

Babcock Land Defence Limited, which is acting

Babcock Land Defence Limited, which is acting as the agent for the for the UK Ministry of Defence known as the Authority, is considering a framework agreement to provide for the Supply of General Purpose machine gun and 81mm Mortar spares .

02

The duration shall be 5 years

The duration shall be 5 years with 2 x 1 year Options.

Sentences from the notice that state an obligation, surfaced automatically and shown in the order they appear. Not an exhaustive list — always confirm against the tender documents.

The gates

What this notice demands of you

1 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.

Framework agreement (any)Frameworks & routes to market
Babcock Land Defence Limited, which is acting as the agent for the for the UK Ministry of Defence known as the Authority, is considering a framework agreement to provide for the Supply of General Purpose machine gun and 81mm Mortar spares .

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Stage
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